From rjmiller, via RB:

Astronauts land on Mars. Their mission: to check whether there is oxygen on the planet.

“Give me the box of matches” says one. “Either it burns and there is oxygen, or nothing happens.”

He takes out a match and is ready to strike it, when out of the blue, a Martian appears waving all his arms . . . “No, no, don’t!”

The astronauts look at each other, worried. Could there be an unknown explosive gas on Mars? But they have their mission, so they take out another match and get ready to strike it.

Suddenly, a crowd of hysterical Martians comes running, all waving their arms: “No, no, don’t do that!”

“It looks serious. What are they afraid of? But – we’re here for Science, to find out if man can breathe on Mars.”

So they strike the match, which flames up, burns down, and….. nothing happens.

“Why did you want to prevent us from striking a match?,” they ask the Martians.

The leader of the Martians says: “Today is Shabbos!”

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